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          [Memorial Day Service 2024]
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          IT IS A GRAND PRAIRIE TRADITION TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY TO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM. 
          AND ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THE CITY'S VETERANS PARK, ANOTHER BIG CROWD GATHERED THERE FOR ITS ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE. 
          THAT INCLUDES A PROCLAMATION FROM THE GRAND PRAIRIE CITY COUNCIL, AND WHEREAS TODAY ALL WHO WEAR THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES ARE SERVING AT A CRUCIAL HOUR IN HISTORY. 
          THE PRESENTATION OF A MEMORIAL WREATH BY THE TEXAS DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, MADISON D BEATTY. 
          SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR EACH OF THE 56 MILITARY MEMBERS FROM GRAND PRAIRIE WHO DIED SERVING OUR NATION. 
          WELCOME CAPTAIN JONES, AND A SPECIAL GUEST ADDRESS DELIVERED BY RETIRED US NAVY CAPTAIN JAMES H. JONES. 
          I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO, WHAT DO WE DO TO HONOR THESE, OUR FALLEN HEROES OTHER THAN COME TO A CEREMONY ONCE A YEAR? WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON A DAILY BASIS? WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT THERE? WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY OR SEE VETERANS IN NEED, ARE YOU HELPING 'EM OUT? THAT'S THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO. 
          WE NEED TO GET PATRIOTISM GOING AGAIN BECAUSE IT GOES A LONG WAY, AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
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